Akaiwa Formation
The Akaiwa Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in central Honshu, Japan. Indeterminate ornithischian fossils are known from the formation. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1] As well as the turtle Kappachelys[2]
| Akaiwa Formation Stratigraphic range: Hauterivian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Tetori Group |
| Underlies | Kitadani Formation |
| Overlies | Kuwajima Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, Conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- R. Hirayama, S. Isaji, and T. Hibino. 2013. Kappachelys okurai gen. et sp. nov., a new stem soft-shelled turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Japan. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 179-185
References
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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